Sk8man

A bit choppy in the AM so we didn't go as deep as we wished. Started marking good ones while heading out in 80-100 ft of water down 50-60 ft but couldn't get them to go. Some pods of bait spotted intermittantly throughout the day down about 60 ft over whatever...Connected with a 7 lb laker on wire dipsy and flasher fly out 200 ft of wire...released him. trolled for quite a while before landlock on 10 color with Laker Taker blue/siver spoon. Only hit on leadcore all day after many lure changes and riggers didn't do much either despite changes and sliders on both. Had what looked like a small king started on wire... got off. another few hits, but hours of trolling out to 310 ft without seeing anything or hits so went back inward and about 2:45 PM 20 lb king took the wire rig with Spinny and white home made fly for a ride in 120 ft of water wireout 220, and was totally exhausted after fighting his heart out so we kept him. My son's arms turned to rubber in the process many of the larger boats went deep and I think stayed out there where I had wanted to go so I imaging they got into them. Moderate spiny fleas mainly on wire. A buddy is out there right now and into them so my hunch was right Slow trolling but fun day just being out there.

The Founding Fathers were incredibly intelligent and had great insight, but they couldn't have possibly seen ahead to the complex issues involved in current times, nor would they have been fully prepared for some of the opinions by the various courts. The Constitution is one of the most wonderful documents of all time but it is a struggle interpreting it adequately in this crazy world of ours with current day.political influences bearing on the decisions. The problem is not with the Constitution itself it is with our complex society with its various interest groups and their agendas.

Those are really good ones but the one I am thinking about was quite some time ago and I believe it was 30 lbs or more. Those bigger lakers must be some pretty old dudes given that the they age slowly in general and the food supply there is not real rich. A number of the ones I used to catch through the ice had small perch or shiners in them.

Fishing solo can always be a challenge. When I had my 13 ft Whaler. I used to steer it with my foot or knee while reeling in fish and netting. Early on I found that using shorter rods helped out, keeping my leaders short, and having the long handled net right at the back of the boat ready to go did as well. I also hand lined in a lot of kings which is always a challenge

Luke I'm sure your grandfather would be very proud of your efforts...it looks great!

I believe I remember that there was once one from there some time ago that was about 30 lbs or was I dreaming?

rolmops may be on to it. The original pic wasn't of the problem iutself but rather another unit a 620 not the 628 he was inquiring about by the way.

Do you mean (darker) arches on the display? The arcs themselves appear plenty large. OR do you mean have them look like fish symbols which may be accomplished in the settings menu somewhere....not familiar with that particular unit. OH....That display pictured is another unit than the one you are talking about... does the sensitivity need to be turned up? Also your transducer may need to be positioned little differently if for example you aren't getting the full arches of the fishconsistently because the fish may be located at the edge of your transducer cone angle. Also if you are traveling fast boat speed-wise the return signal from the fish may be partial.

Two varieties of water fleas - fishook and spiny waterfleas which are invasive organisms thought to have been brought to the Great Lakes by tankers from the Black Sea area of eastern Europe discharging their bilges in the Great Lakes and then subsequently transported or spread to the Finger and other lakes. Small zooplankton that feed on phytoplankton and other zooplankton which cluster in tremendous concentrations in the water column and cling to fishing lines clogging up the eyelets and tips of rods; often preventing them from being reeled in. They are often difficult to remove when in high concentrations ;especially the fishook variety. They are slimy, and smelly (fishy smell) and the residue from them makes a mess of boats and sometimes the stain on fiberglass is hard to remove.

I think you can see the future in that little guys face Kevin....I think he's hooked That really is what it is all about isn't it?

You've got your priorites straight Sean.

WTG Sean ! That second fish is a beautiful male Landlock bud. guess it will be hard to get you back to trolling now

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